Dynamic duo: Vin Diesel made a surprise appearance alongside musical artist Nicky Jam at Thursday’s Billboard Latin Music Awards at the Watsco Center in Miami, Florida

The actor emerged in a sleeveless gray shirt and white jeans with beige work boots and sunglasses, getting a standing ovation from those in attendance as a  structure in the background blasted fiery special effects.

Diesel and Nicky have worked together in the past, with the musician appearing in Diesel’s recent film, xXx: Return of Xander Cage.

Nicky, speaking with Billboard last year, foreshadowed Thursday’s surprise collaboration after filming the action movie last year.

Stage presence: The Hollywood action hero had his trademark swagger as he performed

Fiery fun: Nicky sang, ‘Now I’m making movies with Vin Diesel,’ and the actor emerged onstage

‘I told him we should do a song together and he said he was shy,’ Nicky told the publication. ‘But I said, “I’m no actor, but I’m acting in front of you. I wasn’t scared.”‘

He added of the veteran action hero, who’s played Dominic Toretto in the Fast and The Furious series the past 16 years: ‘Vin is crazy, and when I say crazy, I mean it in a good way. He’s crazy about Latinos and he’s not even a Latino. He even wants to speak Spanish.’

New path: Nicky said that he persuaded Diesel to continue on his ambitions to make music

Friends: Nicky and Vin have collaborated on both music and movies in recent years

Speaking with E! the Hasta el Amanecer artist said that he and Diesel have begun ‘to record a song’ together.

‘We just did a hook this past week and it was very simple,’ Nicky said, adding, ‘The thing is that Vin wants to do Spanish music. He loves Spanish music.’